Re: ncurses-5.6 build problems on Darwin/MacOSX

[sci-fi]

On 2006-12-29 06:40:34 -0600, Thomas Dickey <address@hidden> said:

> On Fri, 29 Dec 2006, address@hidden wrote:
>
> > Okay *now* I remember something about this version of libtool,
> > I think they changed the --version syntax just a bit:
> > > > > >
> > # /usr/local/bin/glibtool --version
> >
> > ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.5.23a (1.1220.2.416 2006/10/24 20:18:28)
> >
> > Copyright (C) 2006  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> > warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
> It looks as if it's putting out a blank line at the beginning.
> That's easy to fix in a sed script.
>
> > # _
> > <<<<
> > That's verbatim with extra linefeeds & all.
> > Yeah I think I hit this before on other projects...
> >
> > > [...]
> > > I think the immediate problem is why the configure script's not
> > > getting the libtool version.
> >
> > Let's see what we need to do to get it working this far.  There
> > doesn't seem to be a "short version string" option, so I wonder if
> > this GNU team knows they may break scripts for not having a
> > standardised version text.  ;)
>
> It's a problem with more than one.  I've made 2-3 fixes to keep up with gcc.
>
> > So ... what to do, where to go next?  In meantime I could force
> > configure to simply say 'yes' here and see what comes.  ;)
>
> That "should" work, since it's not using the version for anything
> specific.

Hi,

I got caught-up to ncurses-5.6-20070120.patch today, was at
20061223 before.  I saw no 'failed' hunks (of course after
removing my bypass hack I mentioned here).

I'm still seeing the problem we discussed in this thread in
that the configure script can't recognise [g]libtool --version
string.  I haven't changed libtool itself, it's still version
1.5.23a.  I thought I saw a blurb in 20061230 that you tried
to fix this.

fwiw I'm also using coreutils-6.7 in case there's something
different with sed etc.

Been reluctant to get current with patches on many projects
(things kind-of just work ;) ).  And the weather has been
sumthin' else.  Haven't had a chance to discuss this with the
GNU folks yet.

I'll gzip+uuencode the version output and paste it here,
maybe there's something hidden that is bothering the
configure test for this:

begin 644 glibtoolversion.txt.gz
M'XL("%B>LT4``V=L:6)T;V]L=F5R<VEO;BYT>'0`+8Q1:X,P%(7?\RO.H\)(
M3=:5TCXYT4WH5#0^]-'9V`1<,F*ZT7^_6`87[KV'[SMD]E^#-G11B-ZJ'K/^
M]-;.,1A]H?QY0,0HXSRAG&[9#CQ)=AN6;/@VG`>V/_!]3$AFO^].7Y5'E,4/
M!BB<E.CLY'\')U'8F[D,7EOSA-*,E`BE%X295FSYQXY8PN?5FMS<*#%9AS&4
M:W,-VUSTVK!00"@96H-?U228;C#^?H2Q'O)'FH?WD;?9>UJ)]+4\E>*,$!6E
?J/*N0U&W2-&DK2BS_I2V:/JVJ;N<DC\!6AGI#P$`````
`
end



(hope this comes thru okay, Unison won't let me do a file-
attach while typing a message... yes I know I need to learn
a "real" news app, heh...)

Let me know if I can help any.
Thanks for your time.



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